WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT

During the year 2015–2016, over 1,290 undergraduate and postgraduate students rotated through the Department of Surgery,

Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Doctor of Medicinepostgraduate training programmes continued in General Surgery,Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Urology, Paediatric Surgery, CardiothoracicSurgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Radiology, Anaesthesiaand Emergency Medicine. Doctor of Medicine Plastic Surgical trainingat Mona, commenced in July 2016 with an intake of three Residents.Training in this new programme is under the supervision of Dr RajeevVenugopal, newly appointed Lecturer in Plastic Surgery. Drs GuyanArscott and Geoffrey Williams, senior plastic surgeons and Associate

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Lecturers, complete the academic faculty for Plastic Surgery. eDepartment also conducted e Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)training course to two groups over this period.

Along with the University Hospital of the West Indies, there are six non-UHWI clinical training sites presently providing for academic surgeryinstruction: Cornwall Regional Hospital, Kingston Public Hospital,Mandeville Regional Hospital, May Pen Hospital, Spanish Town Hospitaland the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital. ese sites continue to add richly to thediverse clinical experience available to undergraduates and postgraduates.Overseas Elective students came from Caribbean territories, the UnitedKingdom, Germany, Canada, and the United States of America. esurgical specialties are the highly most sought after for elective experience.Elective students mostly are integrated into surgical clerkships whichusually extend over a 5 or 10-week period and all are also mentored bysenior academic surgeons while in the Department.

e Pre Hospital Emergency Medical Service (PHEMS) programme willsubmit its completed BSc in Paramedic Medicine Degree curriculum tothe Board of Undergraduate Studies for approval in the year 2017. isprogramme falls under the direction of Dr. Shuvra Dasgupta, Consultantin Emergency Medicine. Mr Ryan Rufus will be a critical resourceperson working along with Dr Dasgupta in this degree programme.

e Department hosted in July 2016, the 15th JMMB Group and JoanDuncan Foundation sponsored, William Dennis Memorial Lecture. eLecture was chaired by Professor Barrie Hanchard and was delivered byDr Alison Nicholson, Head of the Department of Microbiology, Facultyof Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona. Dr Nicholson’s lecture was entitled,“Health Care Associated Infections, Prevention Better than Cure”.

e 14th staging of the Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium andCharity Golf Tournament was held in January 2016 at the Montego BayConvention Centre and Half Moon Hotel and Resort. is conferenceagain was the result of the collaborative efforts of neurosurgeons Dr. CarlBruce and Professor Ivor Crandon. Funds were generated to purchase:anterior cervical disc replacement instruments; minimal invasive spinal

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instruments; donated a CMac video laryngoscope to the Department ofAnaesthetics and Intensive Care (UHWI); and solicited donations fromthe private sector to restore ICU ventilators.

Dr. Peter Johnson who completed a one year Fellowship in Neuroradiologyat the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University,Ontario, Canada, has since been promoted to Senior Lecturer inRadiology. Dr. William Aiken, also a recently promoted Senior Lecturerin Urology, proceeds on a one year Sabbatical, commencing August 1,2016.

Dr. Joseph Plummer, Senior Lecturer in the General Surgery and aspecialist colorectal surgeon, copped the prestigious American College ofSurgeons (ACS), International Guest Scholar Award for 2016. is isthe second time that a lecturer in the UWI Department of Surgery,Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Mona, has won this award;the first being Professor Newton Duncan in 1996. e ACS GuestScholar Award offered by the Board of Regents of the American Collegeof Surgeons, allows young surgeons of promise to gain experience atAcademic training centres in North America and Canada. Dr Plummerwill be attached to the following premier surgical centres: Florida Hospitaland the Cleveland Clinic.

e Section of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, staged its 26th AnnualResidents’ Symposium under the theme, “Cannabis and its Derivatives:e Impact on Health Care” on April 15, 2016. e 1st cohort acceptedto the Clinical Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine in the Section ofAnaesthesia will complete training in May/June 2017. is programmeso far has been a success.

DEPARTMENTAL STAFF MOVEMENTS

Tenure

Dr. Belinda Morrison: renewal of contract with indefinite tenure•and crossing the merit bar

Dr. Sundeep Shah: renewal of contract with indefinite tenure•

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Promotions

Dr. Peter Johnson: Senior Lecturer•

Dr. William Aiken: Senior Lecturer•

Employee Development

Masters in Epidemiology

Dr. Wayne Palmer – Enrolled at UWI•

Phd

Dr. Belinda Morrison – Enrolled at TMRI•

Research Fellowship

Dr. Deanne Soares done at TMRI, September 1, 2014–August 31,•2016

e Department maintains three Academic Research Registries:

1. The Trauma Registry

Over 19,574 records which continue to provide ample researchmaterial for injury related studies.

2. The Intracranial Tumour Registry

Based in the Section of Surgery’s Research Office is constituted ofover 984 patient records, utilising the software CNExT. This projectis a collaborative effort between the UHWI Neurosurgery Service inthe Section of Surgery and the Sections of Radiology and Histopathology,UHWI Mona. Its aim is to create a radio-clinico-pathological databaseof intracranial tumours.

3. The Colorectal Cancer Registry

This registry maintains a data base on all cases of colorectal cancersourced from major health facilities across Jamaica. To date over1,194 cases have been recorded since its inception in January 2011.This data allows for evidence-based research in the diagnosis andtreatment of colon cancer.

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PAPERS PRESENTED

Major conferences / seminars

Mowatt L.“Sub threshold Micropulse laser versus Anti VEGF Drugs.”•Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies (OSWI). Barbados.July 13, 2016

Mowatt L. “Concurrent Sickle cell and Diabetes Retinopathy.”•Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica (OSJ), Pegasus, April 24, 2016

Mowatt L. “Micro incisional Vitrectomy Surgery.” Ophthalmological•Society of Jamaica (OSJ), Pegasus, April 24, 2016

Mowatt L. “Pattern Scanning Micropulse laser.” How I do it.•Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica (OSJ), Pegasus, April 24, 2016

Mowatt L. “Management of the ruptured globe. “Latest Updates in•Ophthalmology Conference. Accra Beach Hotel, Barbados. (invitedspeaker) February 20, 2016.

Mowatt L. “Concurrent DM and SCD: Does it make the retinopathy•worse.” Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Conference. Accra BeachHotel, Barbados. (invited speaker) February 20, 2016.

Mowatt L. “Retinal Vein Occlusion Updates.” Latest Updates in•Ophthalmology Conference. Accra Beach Hotel, Barbados. (invitedspeaker) February 20, 2016.

Mowatt L. Workshop on Optical Coherence Tomogram (OCT).•Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, (invited speaker) February 18,2016

Mowatt L,Watkins M. “Caribbean Model for training the Eye Care•Team.” World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), GuadalajaraMexico, (invited speaker) February 8, 2016

Mowatt L. “Concurrent Sickle Cell Disease and Diabetic Retinopathy.”•World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), Guadalajara Mexico,(invited speaker) February 7, 2016

Mowatt L. “Ocular Trauma at the UHWI – past 10 years.” 14th•Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium (CANS). Montego

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Bay Conference Centre. January 30, 2016.

Swaby D. “Trabeculectomies revisited.” Ophthalmological Society•of Jamaica (OSJ), April 24, 2016.

Vaughan H. “Monoclonal Antibodies: What are they, what do they•do?” April 24, 2016. Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica (OSJ)

Vaughan H. “Revisiting Pneumatic Retinopexy.” Ophthalmological•Society of Jamaica (OSJ), Pegasus, April 24, 2016

Vaughan H. “Revisiting Pneumatic Retinopexy.”. Ophthalmological•Society of the West Indies (OSWI). Barbados. July 13, 2016

Vaughan H. “Monoclonal Antibodies: What are they, what do they•do?” Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies, Barbados, July12, 2016.

B Morrison “Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents•with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without PromotingPriapism: A Case Report” UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences –Annual Research Conference, November 12, 2015

BF Morrison, W Aiken, R Mayhew, Y Gordon, M Reid “Prostate•cancer screening in Jamaica: results of the largest national screeningclinic“, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences – Annual ResearchConference, November 12, 2015

BF Morrison, W D Aiken, R Mayhew, Y Gordon, F T Odedina•“Prostate cancer knowledge, prevention and screening behaviours inJamaican men”, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences – Annual ResearchConference, November 12, 2015.

Marie Brown, Belinda F. Morrison, Kathleen Coard, Marvin Reid•“The outcome of atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP) at theUHWI”, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences – Annual ResearchConference, November 12, 2015

B Morrison “Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents•with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without PromotingPriapism: A Case Report.” Sexual Medicine Society of North America-Las Vegas, November 19–22, 2015

Morrison BF, Hamilton P, Reid M “Effect of hydroxyurea on•

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priapism in men with sickle cell disease”, Sexual Medicine Society ofNorth America, Las Vegas – November 19–22, 2015

B Morrison, U Anele, S Metzger, A Burnett “Validation of the•Priapism Impact Profile Questionnaire, Sexual Medicine Society ofNorth America, Las Vegas –November 19–22, 2015

B Morrison, “Priapism: A Major complication of Sickle Cell Disease”•Caribbean Network of Researchers on Sickle Cell Disease andThallasemia (CAREST), Jamaica Conference Centre, January 22,2016

B Morrison, R Dixon, “The use of technology in the evaluation and•treatment of sexual and fertility dysfunction in males with spinalcord injuries” Regional Disability Studies Conference, Mona VisitorsLodge, March 17, 2016

B Morrison “BPH, Erectile dysfunction and phosphodiesterase type•5 inhibitors”, Pharmaceutical Company Sponsored Meeting, Lilly,September 24, 2015

B Morrison “The Who, what and why of prostate cancer” Jamaica•Cancer Society Annual Prostate Cancer Public Forum – JamaicaPegasus Hotel, September 27, 2015

B Morrison “BPH, Erectile dysfunction and phosphodiesterase type•5 inhibitors” Pharmaceutical Company Sponsored Meeting, Lilly,October 2, 2015

B Morrison “Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents•with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without PromotingPriapism: A Case Report” Department of Surgery Research Evening,October 23, 2015

B Morrison “Sexual and Fertility Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injured•Patients”Caribbean Association of Neurosurgeons (CANS) , January31, 2016

B Morrison “Female Urinary Retention at the University Hospital•of the West Indies: A Challenging Diagnosis” Jamaica UrologicalSociety Annual Symposium, March 6, 2016

B Morrison “New treatment options in the management of BPH”•

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Health Brands Pharmacist Continuing Education Seminar, March20, 2016

B Morrison “Tobacco and urothelial malignancies” KSA Primary•Care Doctors Association CME, May 12, 2016

B Morrison “Open versus assisted robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy:•functional and oncological outcomes” Association of Surgeons ofJamaica (ASJ), May 14, 2016

BMorrison “Aging, testosterone deficiency and erectile dysfunction”•Medical Association of Jamaica, June 28, 2016

D Soares “Moyamoya, stroke and stroke prevention in SCD, two•clinical trials”, 23rd Annual Congress-Caribbean Society of Radiologists,St Vincent and the Grenadines. July 2016

D Soares “Breast Imaging at the UHWI: A 10 year review” 23rd•Annual Congress-Caribbean Society of Radiologists, St Vincent andthe Grenadines. July 2016

Johnson P “Intra-arterial Stroke Therapy”. Jamaica Association of•Radiologists Symposium, Knutsford Hotel, September 20, 2015.

Roberts P “Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy – The Jamaican Experience”•Jamaica Association of Radiologists Symposium, Knutsford Hotel,September 20, 2015.

McGaw CD “Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery•Performed at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona,Jamaica”. University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical SciencesTeaching & Research Complex, 27th Clinical Research Meeting,October 23, 2015.

Bruce C et al “Percutaneous Pedicle Screw has Supplanted Open•Surgery” University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical SciencesTeaching & Research Complex, 27th Clinical Research Meeting,October 23, 2015.

Morrison B “Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents•with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without Priaprism.”University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching& Research Complex, 27th Clinical Research Meeting, October 23,2015.

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Plummer J “Colorectal Cancer at the Extreme of Ages”. University•of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching & ResearchComplex, 27th Clinical Research Meeting, October 23, 2015.

Aiken W “Role of Premarin vs. Ketoconazole in Castrate Resistant•Prostate Cancer” The Association of Surgeons in Jamaica, 58thAnnual Conference, Knutsford Court Hotel, May 14 & 15, 2016

Plummer J “A Look at the Surgical and Pathological Management•of Colorectal Cancer across Different Institutions” The Associationof Surgeons in Jamaica, 58th Annual Conference, Knutsford CourtHotel, May 14 & 15, 2016

Newnham M “Current Role of Prophylactic Mastectomy” The•Association of Surgeons in Jamaica, 58th Annual Conference,Knutsford Court Hotel, May 14 & 15, 2016

Johnson P ” The Jamaica Dementia Project: Initial Imaging Data”.•University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching& Research Complex, 27th Clinical Research Meeting, October 23,2015.

Roberts P “Early Versus Late Detection and Management of Breast•Cancer, The Surgeon’s Perspective”. Jamaica Cancer Society BreastCancer Medical Conference, October 25, 2015.

Bruce C “Concussion in Sports”. JCUA Annual Training Retreat,•Sunspree Resort, Holiday Inn, Montego Bay, November 13–15,2015.

Aiken W ”Screening for Prostate Cancer in the Caribbean.” Society•for Scientific Advancement, Mona Visitors’ Lodge, November 20,2015

Williams, E “Emergency Medicine in Jamaica: Looking back and•moving forward”. Emergency Medicine Conference, Havana, Cuba,September 13, 2015

PA Leake, PJ Toppin, M, Reid, JM Plummer, M Newnham, H•Harding-Goldson, D Ferron-Boothe, N Meeks-Aitken, ME McFarlane.“Improving patient outcomes with inguinal hernioplasty – localanaesthesia versus local anaesthesia and conscious sedation”. The

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24th Annual Research Conference, Faculty of Medical Sciences,University of the West Indies, November 8, 11–13, 2015

S French “Level I ED US” course held on October 3rd 2015; UHW,•Mona E Williams “Emergency Medicine in Jamaica: Looking Backand Moving Forward: Developing EM in the region”: Melia CohibaHotel Havana, Cuba. September 13, 2015

E Williams. “Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology”: ECG Arrhythmia•course: Heart Foundation of Jamaica, Beechwood Avenue, September2015

S French “Making the case for ultrasound in the Emergency•Department” Jamaica Emergency Medicine Association Conference,Pegasus Hotel, March 2016

R Hutson “The use of lumbar puncture to evaluate the child with a•first febrile seizure” Jamaica Emergency Medicine AssociationConference, Pegasus Hotel, March 2016

R Edwards “Clarifying sepsis” Jamaica Emergency Medicine Association•Conference, Pegasus Hotel, March 2016

J Williams Johnson “CRASH I, II &III” Jamaica Emergency•Medicine Association Conference, Pegasus Hotel, March 2016

C. Maycock “Evidenced based management of Acute Heart Failure”•Jamaica Emergency Medicine Association Conference, Pegasus Hotel,March 2016

C Bruce “First Aid and Concussion Management” Chris Gayle•Foundation Workshop, Excelsior High School, November 10, 2015

C Bruce “Concussion in Sports” Jamaica Cricket Umpires Association•Conference, Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, November 14, 2015

C Bruce, H Harding, M Morgan, D Ann Rowe, Rochelle Prince•“Cortical Screws for Lumbar Degenerative Disease in Evolution ofLES Surgery: Towards Dynamic Motion Segment Replacement –The case for Multilevel Arthroplasty” Bi-annual Conference of theWFNS Spine Committee, Cartegena, Colombia, September 9, 2015

C Bruce “First Aid and Concussion Management” Chris Gayle•Foundation Workshop, Excelsior High School, November 10, 2015

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C Bruce “Concussion in Sports” Jamaica Cricket Umpires Association•Conference, Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, November 14, 2015

C Bruce, Hyacinth Harding, Mark Morgan, Daidre Ann Rowe,•Rochelle Prince “Cortical Screws for Lumbar Degenerative Diseasein Evolution of LES Surgery: Towards Dynamic Motion SegmentReplacement – The case for Multilevel Arthroplasty” Bi-annualConference of the WFNS Spine Committee, Cartegena, Colombia,September 9, 2015

C Bruce “Management of Painful Spinal Conditions Classification•and Management of Various Arthritides” The Association of GeneralPractitioners in Jamaica (AGPJ),The Alhambra Hotel, December 7,2015

P Roberts “Role of the Trauma Surgeon in Producing Good Rehab•Candidates. Or is there one?” The Caribbean Neurological Association14th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium, Montego BayConvention Center, January 28–31, 2016

P Johnson “Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms”•The Caribbean Neurological Association 14th Annual CaribbeanNeurosciences Symposium, Montego Bay Convention Center, January28–31, 2016

H Brown “Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Is it Such a Vain Problem?”•The Caribbean Neurological Association 14th Annual CaribbeanNeurosciences Symposium, Montego Bay Convention Center, January28–31, 2016

J Plummer “The Epidemiology of Trauma… The Jamaica Trauma•Registry Experience” The Caribbean Neurological Association 14thAnnual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium, Montego Bay ConventionCenter, January 28–31, 2016

M Newnham “Trauma, A Systematic Approach” The Caribbean•Neurological Association 14th Annual Caribbean NeurosciencesSymposium, Montego Bay Convention Center, January 28–31,2016

L Doonquah “Orbital Fractures” The Caribbean Neurological•

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Association 14th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium,Montego Bay Convention Center, January 28–31, 2016

J Toppin “Trauma Admissions to the ICU – Who Lives, Who•Dies?” The Caribbean Neurological Association 14th Annual CaribbeanNeurosciences Symposium, Montego Bay Convention Center, January28–31, 2016

J Blidgen “Fatality after Cardiac Injury” The Caribbean Neurological•Association 14th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium,Montego Bay Convention Center, January 28–31, 2016

R Venugopal “To Reimplant or Not. That is the Question.” The•Caribbean Neurological Association 14th Annual CaribbeanNeurosciences Symposium, Montego Bay Convention Center, January28–31, 2016

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

B Morrison “Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents•with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without PromotingPriapism: A Case Report”, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences, AnnualResearch Conference, November 12, 2015 & on November 19–22,2015 at the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, Las Vegas.

BF Morrison, W Aiken, R Mayhew, Y Gordon, M Reid “Prostate•cancer screening in Jamaica: results of the largest national screeningclinic“, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Annual Research Conference-November 12, 2015

BF Morrison, W D Aiken, R Mayhew, Y Gordon, F T Odedina•“Prostate cancer knowledge, prevention and screening behaviours inJamaican men”, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Annual ResearchConference, November 12, 2015

Marie Brown, Belinda F. Morrison, Kathleen Coard, Marvin Reid•“The outcome of atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP) at theUHWI”, UWI, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Annual ResearchConference, November 12, 2015

Morrison BF, Hamilton P, Reid M “Effect of hydroxyurea on•

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priapism in men with sickle cell disease” Sexual Medicine Society ofNorth America, Las Vegas, November 19–22, 2015

B Morrison, U Anele, S Metzger, A Burnett “Validation of the•Priapism Impact Profile Questionnaire, Sexual Medicine Society ofNorth America- Las Vegas, November 19–22, 2015

B Morrison “Priapism: A Major complication of Sickle Cell•Disease”Caribbean Network of Researchers on Sickle Cell Diseaseand Thallasemia (CAREST), Jamaica Conference Centre, January22, 2016

B Morrison, R Dixon “The use of technology in the evaluation and•treatment of sexual and fertility dysfunction in males with spinalcord injuries” Regional Disability Studies Conference, Mona VisitorsLodge, March 17, 2016

A Rankine-Mullings, C. Little, M. Reid, D Soares, C. Taylor Bryan,•J. Knight-Madden, R.Ware, et al, “Expanding Treatment for ExistingNeurological Disease (EXTEND): An Open-label Phase II ClinicalTrial of Hydroxyurea Treatment in Sickle Cell Anemia” 4th CaribbeanConference on Sickle Cell Disease, Jamaica Conference Centre,January 2016

Refereed Journal Articles

Foster T, Mowatt L, Mullings J. “Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices•of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy at the University Hospital ofthe West Indies, Jamaica”. J Community Health. 2016 Jun;41(3):584–92

Mowatt L, Mitchell P, Peto T, Zondervan M. “Launch of the•Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Services in UHWI, Jamaica”. EyeNews. July 2016

Wong DP, Morrison BF, Mayhew RG, Reid GA, Aiken WD “A•delayed foreskin-sparing approach to the management of penilefractures in uncircumcised Jamaican men” Int J Surg Case Rep. 2015;17:65-8 (Impact Factor- 0.634)

Morrison BF, Madden W, Clato-Day S, Gabay L “Testosterone•

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Replacement Therapy in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease ReversesHypogonadism without Promoting Priapism: A Case Report” UrolCase Rep. 2015 Aug 12; 3(6):179-80 (Impact Factor not yet cited)

Morrison BF, Aiken WD, Mayhew R, Gordon Y, Odedina FT•“Prostate Cancer Knowledge, Prevention, and Screening Behaviorsin Jamaican Men” J Cancer Educ. 2016 Feb 3 (Impact Factor- 1.23)

Morrison BF, Aiken W, Mayhew R, Gordon Y and Reid M “Prostate•Cancer Screening in Jamaica: Results of the Largest National ScreeningClinic” J Cancer Epidemiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2606805Epub 2016 Feb 29

R Forde, R. Cargill, A Batchelor, EW Williams. “Adult Epistaxis,•Epidemiology and Management at the University Hospital of theWest Indies” WIMJ. 11/2015; DOI:10.7727/wimj.2015.007

R Forde, A Batchelor, EW Williams “Acute Complicated Sinusitis :•10-year experience from the University Hospital of the West Indies(UHWI)” WIMJ 11/2015;DOI:10.7727/wimj.2015.156

TN Gibson, SE Shirley, EW Williams, A Rhudd, S French, R•Hibbert “Discrepancies between Clinical and Autopsy Diagnoses inthe Emergency, Department of the University Hospital of the WestIndies” DOI: WIMJ 10.7727/wimj.2015.192

J Hankins, B McCarville, A Rankine-Mullings, M Reid, C Lobo, P•Moura, S. Ali, D. Soares, K Aldred R. Ware et al “Prevention ofConversion to Abnormal TCD with Hydroxyurea In Sickle CellAnemia: A PHASE III International Randomized Clinical Trial”American Journal of Hematology, September 2015

“Expanding Treatment for Existing Neurological Disease (EXTEND):•An open-label phase II clinical trial of hydroxyurea treatment insickle cell anemia” A Rankine-Mullings, C. Little, M. Reid, DSoares, C. Taylor Bryan, J. Knight-Madden, R.Ware.et al Journal ofMedical Internet Research Protocols, 2016 | vol. 5 | iss. 3 | e185

R. Bullock, DP. Soares, D. Sawh, “Sonographic Demonstration of•A Gastrocnemius Fascial Defect – A Rare Cause Of Calf Pain”WIMJ DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2016.354.

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Leake PA, Roberts PO, Pitzul K, Plummer JM “Should Delayed•Cholecystectomy Following Acute Calculous Cholecystitis beDiscouraged in a Resource-restricted Setting?” West Indian Med J2015; 64(4):388-392

Aiken WD “Chikungunya Virus Infection and Acute Elevation of•Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen” Case Reports in Urology.DOI:10.1155/2015/120535

Calder JM, Calder DN “Chikungunya Fever: a new concern for the•Western Hemisphere” The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2015, 9,13–19

Aiken WD “Sneezing during micturition: a possible trigger of acute•bacterial prostatitis” Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Case Reportsin Urology. DOI: 10.1155/2015/626409

Abstracts

Mowatt L "Subthreshold micropulse laser versus Intravitreal anti•vascular Endothelial Growth Factor" West Indian Medical J 2016;85(Suppl 4) 26

Vaughan H. "Monoclonal Antibodies: What are they, What do they•do?" West Indian Med J 2016;65 (Suppl 4) 14

Vaughan H. "Revisiting Pneumatic Retinopexy." West Indian Med J•2016 65 (suppl 4) 26

Jordan V. “Pterygium Surgery at KPH. How to mitigate Recurrence.”•West Indian Med J 2016; 65 (Suppl 4) 16

Carl Brown, Diarmuid Denneny, Shoma Khan, Annette Crawford-•Sykes, John Lee. “Can Pain Management Programmes be importedto the Caribbean” British J of Pain. ASM Poster Abstracts 2016

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INCOME GENERATION

Donations – Division of Ophthalmology

September 2015:

Donation from the Vision 2020 Links Programme

• Topcon Fundus Camera

March 2016:

Donations from the Church of Latter Day Saints (estimated value JA$10,000,000)

• Micropulse Pattern Scanning Laser

• Scan Optics Microscope

April 2016:

Donation from the Chinese Embassy

• Keeler, Cryotherapy machine (value USD$20,000)

Donations – Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium and Charity GolfTournament (January 2016)

• Anterior cervical disc replacement instruments

• Minimal invasive spinal instruments

• Donated a CMac video laryngoscope to the Department of Anaestheticsand Intensive Care

• Solicited donations from the private sector to restore ICU ventilators

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HONOURS AND AWARDS

The Charles Drake Medal

Professor Renn Holness

The Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS) selected Professor•Renn Holness to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award, TheCharles Drake Medal, in recognition of his outstanding career andsignificant contribution to Neurosurgery.

The Order of Jamaica

Professor Renn Holness

For Outstanding Contribution in the field of Medicine in particular•Neurosurgery

Order of Distinction in The Rank of Commander Class (CD)

Professor Michael McFarlane

For Outstanding Contribution in the field of Medicine•

Dr. Donovan Calder

For Outstanding Service in the fields of Ophthalmology and Research•

Governor General Award for Excellence

Dr. Carl Bruce

PUBLIC SERVICE

Dr. Wayne Palmer

– General Secretary of the Jamaica Cycling Federation

– Member, Board, Caribbean Orthopaedic Association

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Dr. Romayne Edwards

– Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Medical Association of Jamaica(MAJ)

Dr. Simone French

– Member executive National Resuscitation Council of Jamaica

– President of the Jamaica Emergency Medicine Association

Dr Celeste Maycock

– Immediate Past President of the Jamaica Emergency MedicineAssociation

Dr. Rhonda Hutson

– Member executive the Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine (JASM)

Dr. Praimanand Singh

– President Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine (JASM)

– Member of the Jamaica National Council on Sports

– Member Board of the Jamaica Olympic Association

– Lead Physician of the Jamaica Team to the Rio Olympics 2016

Dr. Eric Williams

– Voluntary service to the Gibson Home

Dr. Jean Williams Johnson

– Member executive Caribbean Poison Information Centre (CARPIN)

– Member executive Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine (JASM)

– Member executive National Resuscitation Council of Jamaica

Dr. Ingrid Tennant

– Secretary – Jamaica Anaesthetist Association

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Dr. Patrick J Toppin

– Medical Director of the UWI Student Emergency Response Team(UWISERT)

– Member of the Jamaica Association of Sports Medicine

– Provider of medical care and education for the UWI August TownOutreach project

– Member of the Violence Prevention Alliance

Dr. Myrton Smith

– President – Medical Association of Jamaica

– President – Jamaica Otolaryngology Association – Head & NeckSurgeons

– President – Association of UWI Associate Lecturers

Dr. Carl Bruce

– Chairman of Ministry of Health Taskforce – October 2015

– Report on Findings and Recommendations from the Taskforce onOptions to Improve the Delivery and Availability of Medical Servicesin the Health Sector

– Chairman, Ministry of Health Telemedicine subcommittee May2016

– Chair, Ministry of Health Equipment Standardization SubcommitteeMay 2016

– Chairman, Medical Committee Racers Grand Prix – RACERSGRAND PRIX 2016

– Chairman, JAAA Medical and Anti-Doping Commission

– Team Doctor Jamaica Olympic track and Field team Rio BrazilJuly/August 2016

– Member, Spine Committee World Federation of Neurosurgeons(WFNS)

– Member, Board, University Hospital of the West Indies

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– Executive member of Sport Committee Manchester High School

– Executive member, Strategic Development Policy Committee, UHWI

– Member, Mona Health Committee

Professor Ivor Crandon

– Member, Disciplinary Panel, JADCO

– Member, Board, BioTec R&D

– Member, Board, JIPA

Dr Lizette Mowatt

– President – Ophthalmological Society of Jamaica (OSJ)

– Immediate Past President – Ophthalmological Society of the WestIndies (OSWI)

– Co-chair – Vision 2020 Advisory Committee – (Ministry of Health)

– Co-Chair – Technical Advisory Committee for the Jamaica NationalDiabetic Retinopathy Screening Programme (Ministry of Health)

– Advisor – Ministry of Health (MoH) on the Amendments of theOptician’s Act of 1926

– Examination Co-coordinator – International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO) exams in Jamaica

– Assessor in the Certificate of Higher Education on Diabetic RetinopathyScreening – University of Gloucester

Dr Hugh Vaughan

– National Health Fund (NHF) Expert Panel of Physicians (Ophthalmology)

– Member, MSD International Advisory Board

– Dr Ena omas Memorial Trustee

– Jamaica Society for the Blind- Resource person

– Member of the Board of Governors, Kingston College

– Choir Committee, Kingston College

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Professor Michael McFarlane

– Examiner, Caribbean Medical Council Examinations

– Honorary Consultant Jamaica Cancer Society

– Member of the Board Jamaica Cancer Society

– President American College of Surgeons (Jamaica Chapter)

– Governor American College of Surgeons (Jamaica Chapter)

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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SC IENCES